Tag: Fundraiser

Polly’s Run, a fundraiser to support pancreatic cancer research, will take place Sunday, June 3, at Tiguex Park near Albuquerque’s Old Town. The event will feature a 5K run/walk and a Kid’s K. All proceeds benefit the Polly Rogers Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund at the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center.

From her vantage point behind the counter of UNM Hospital’s Espresso Café, coffee barista Brittany Maestas says it’s impossible not to notice the kids who are battling cancer. Many have lost their hair during treatment. Later this week, Maestas and some of her co-workers will join dozens of other Albuquerque-area volunteers in shaving their heads to show support for these young and brave patients, and to raise money for cancer research.

The sixth-floor lobby of the Bill and Barbara Richardson Pavilion at University of New Mexico Hospital became a makeshift radio studio Thursday as a trio of popular radio personalities launched a two-day community fundraiser for the Children’s Miracle Network.